Popular Poker Site Counts Over 5 Million Players
Recently one of the online casino industries most popular online casinos passed an online gaming milestone. The site, which now has a $1 million guaranteed weekly tournament, registered its 5 millionth player, and boast of attracting 100,000 player at a time.
One Las Vegas chef, George Draper is an online poker newcomer. Once Draper signed up at this popular online casino he was amazed to find out that the was the 5 millionth customer. As a reward, Draper was given a free seat in the 2006 World Series of Poker main event, and a free entry into the 4th annual World Championship of Online Poker, the largest online poker tournament around the world.
The unbelievable membership number, 5 million, is the same as the population of an American city. Although anyone who follows online poker news should hardly be surprised by the rapid growth of the online poker community. Online poker players are not only limited to the United States, where the majority of players live, but there are players at this particular site from across the globe. The winner of the 2005 World Series of Poker, Joe Hachem, is a native Australian.
According to Nolan Dalla, the poker sites Director of Communications, “No region in particular has grown faster than nay other, although our increase in Europe has been very encouraging. [The online poker site]… is clearly the leader in the European market, which is no surprise since we are the exclusive sponsor of the European Poker Tour and run many major events in Europe.”
This February the site had 100,000 simultaneous players for the first time. In comparison with the largest brick and mortar casino, which normally holds around 250 tables, this site has more than 50 times that many tables, games and players. In 2003 the site had only 10,000 players at one time, but today you can fill a major league baseball stadium with the number of active players logged in.
The rising popularity of online poker rooms is no surprise. Many would be poker players are intimidated by brick and mortar casinos, for them online poker rooms are a way to build knowledge and confidence before sitting at a real table. While live poker games have the added troubles of psychological warfare, (poker faces etc.), online poker rooms offer a much more comfortable environment, along with many tips, hints and articles for interested players to read. Many of the most popular online casinos today are poker rooms.
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